Bill Text: VA HB2197 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, etc.; construction of use of old Code sections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089) [HB2197 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB2197-Introduced.html

---

13102011D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2197 Offered January 10, 2013 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-109, relating to construction of the use of old Code references in wills, etc. ---------- Patron-- Peace ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 64.2 a section numbered 64.2-109 as follows:

§64.2-109. References to former sections, articles, or chapters.

When any will, trust instrument, power of attorney, or other instrument refers to a section of the Code that, at the time the reference was made in the will, trust instrument, power of attorney, or other instrument, had been repealed and transferred in the same or a modified form to a new section, article, or chapter in Title 64.2, the reference shall be construed to refer to the latter in the absence of any intent to the contrary.